Provincial police want to interview Drummondville mother taken to hospital

The father of three young children found dead in their mother's home in Drummondville, Que., Sunday said their deaths have left him "without words."

Patrick Desautels issued a brief press statement late Monday, 24 hours after authorities were called to a home on Turcotte Street in Drummondville, about 90 kilometres northeast of Montreal.

Police responding to a 911 call discovered the bodies of four-year-old Loïc and his sisters, Laurélie, five, and Anaïs, two.

"We are gathered as a family right now, and this drama has left us without words," Desautels said in the written statement. "The police investigation will tell us more about the circumstances. What happened defies explanation."

He added that he loved his three children deeply and will miss them for the rest of his life.

Desautels has agreed to meet reporters on Tuesday. He asks that family members then be allowed to grieve their loss in private.

Police wait to talk to mother

Quebec coroner's office said Monday it was to perform autopsies on the bodies of the children.